Advice for young men who waste their gatherings in idle talk
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Question:
He says: I know a group of young men who appear to be committed, and there is good in them, and we consider them so, and Allah is their accountant, but in their gatherings they waste their time in idle talk, with no benefit, neither scholarly nor faith-based. What is your advice?
Answer:
And that they guard their gatherings from this, and that they be filled with the Qur'an, with hadiths, with studying, and with research. This is what is required of the youth and others: that the gatherings be filled with the Qur'an, or the Sunnah, or beneficial research. As for engaging in backbiting, talebearing, or other things that are harmful, one should advise them against it. As for a little talk about their worldly affairs and their private matters, there is nothing wrong with it, if it is permissible. Yes.
He says: I know a group of young men who appear to be committed, and there is good in them, and we consider them so, and Allah is their accountant, but in their gatherings they waste their time in idle talk, with no benefit, neither scholarly nor faith-based. What is your advice?
Answer:
And that they guard their gatherings from this, and that they be filled with the Qur'an, with hadiths, with studying, and with research. This is what is required of the youth and others: that the gatherings be filled with the Qur'an, or the Sunnah, or beneficial research. As for engaging in backbiting, talebearing, or other things that are harmful, one should advise them against it. As for a little talk about their worldly affairs and their private matters, there is nothing wrong with it, if it is permissible. Yes.
Source
لقاءات لابن باز - لقاء مع إخوة في الله - ابن باز - ٣ — archive.org (28:01)
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